Definition of Mactra. Meaning of Mactra. Synonyms of Mactra

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Definition of Mactra

Mactra
Mactra Mac"tra, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? kneading trough, fr. ? to knead.] (Zo["o]l.) Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf.

Meaning of Mactra from wikipedia

- ligament instead. Mactra chinensis Philippi, 1846 Mactra glabrata Linnaeus, 1767 Mactra glauca Born, 1778 Mactra grandis (Gmelin, 1791) Mactra guidoi Signorelli...
- Mactra stultorum, previously sometimes known as Mactra corallina, is a species of edible sal****er clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae...
- Mactra chinensis is a species of sal****er clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae, the trough s****. Mactra chinensis is found living...
- Mactra glauca is a species of sal****er clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae, the trough s****. Mactra glauca has a broadly triangular...
- Mactra glabrata is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Mactridae. The species inhabits marine environments. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine...
- connections. Baka6 "trough s****" is a truncation of bakagai 馬鹿貝 "trough s****; Mactra chinensis". Baka7 "numbness (of limbs)" is used in the expression baka ni...
- Bivona, 1839 Mactra castanea Lamarck, 1818 Mactra cr****atella Lamarck, 1818 Mactra gallina Spengler, 1802 Mactra ovalis J. Sowerby, 1817 Mactra solida (Linnaeus...
- Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 Reeve, L. A. (1854). Monograph of the genus Mactra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the s**** of molluscous...
- philippinarum Many species in the family Mactridae, including: Atlantic surf clam Mactra stultorum Meretrix (genus) Meretrix lyrata Tresus Tresus capax Tresus nuttallii...
- north than the North Sea. The Mactra s**** found in this zone are now extinct. Species found in the Venerupis and Mactra zones are the same as found in...